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DETROIT (AP) -- An Obama administration official has announced a new rule that prohibits owners and operators of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-funded housing from inquiring about an applicant's sexual orientation or gender identity....

The founder of food chain Iceland successfully leads a £1.55bn management buy-out of the company.

Researchers from the University of Miami, Florida have completed the first satellite-tagging study to find out how ecotourism impacts on tiger sharks.

Local people and tourists in Arraial do Cabo, in Rio de Janeiro state, helped a pod of 30 dolphins swim back out to sea after they became beached. Mark Simmonds, International Head of Science at the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, says dolphins should not be grabbed by the tail as this can cause them damage.

All five relegation-threatened Premier League teams scrap it out this weekend as two seek to avoid the drop in May.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy wants manager Harry Redknapp to stay, despite his being linked with the England vacancy.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says the club is not planning to sell Robin van Persie, even if Lukas Podolski signs for them.

An 18-year-old man who broke the jaw of a Malaysian student during the London riots is jailed for seven years.

Norway will ban TV cameras from key parts of the trial of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, including statements by him and witnesses.

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu warns he will not countenance a long delay in attacking Iran's nuclear sites.

Poor safety at around 1,000 nurseries, pre-schools and childminders in England may put children at risk, figures suggest.

The city watchdog, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) finds the Bank of Scotland guilty of serious misconduct.

A date is set for a mental health tribunal into whether Moors Murderer Ian Brady can be granted his wish to be returned to prison.

American singer Jimmy Ellis, who sang on the classic disco hit Disco Inferno, dies at the age of 74.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- The Obama administration has told Palestinian leaders to expect little help with their statehood bid during the U.S. presidential campaign, the Palestinian foreign minister said Friday....

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A family friend says a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man never expressed anti-gay views to him....

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The University of Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic gunman who killed an employee and shot several others wasn't carrying identification and his fingerprints have yielded no clues to his identity - but the mother of the slain employee said Friday she doesn't believe the gunman knew her son....

PITTSBURGH — The University of Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic gunman who killed an employee and shot several others wasn't carrying identification and his fingerprints have yielded no clues to his identity — but the mother of the slain employee said Friday she doesn't believe the gunman knew her son.

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Damaged wires were found in the home of a man charged with sending a suspect package to the Celtic manager, a trial hears.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 10 people, including three American soldiers, at a park in a relatively peaceful area of northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, part of an increase in violence at the start of the spring fighting season....